Thayer Academy - Black and Orange Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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Page 12 . . The BLACK and ORANGE 1942 G. STEWART SMITH New England Conservatory of Music BAND and ORcuEs'rkfx RVTII V. SMITll Corinna Union Academy SECIUQTARY and Booxuxl-:PER MRS. FRANKLIN H. MERRIAM Bridgewater Normal School IIINING HALL JULIA LOI ISE DOIXJ, Wellesley College Katherine Gihhs School SEcRH11uu' l ELIZABETH HAMILTON LONG VVheaton College DORMITORY SPRING TERM XVILLIAM T. HALL, B. S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology I'l1ysir.r and Clzfmiriry

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Page 14 . . The BLACK and ORANGE . . 1942 enior Claw PRESIDENT . . Donald Wales VICE-PRESIDENT . . . . , Helen Vinal SECRETARY , . . .,...,.. jean Presbrey TREASURER .. Whitman Chandler, Jr. . . . VALEDICTORY . Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Two - our graduating year! How doubly im- portant these four years at Thayer seem, as we look back on them now. They have been happy and profitable, too. As American youth, facing the unpleasant, but not impossible, task of fighting to keep Democracy alive, we can now see the value of these preparatory years. The very aspects of Democracy, which we are striving so diligently to preserve, have been instilled in us during our stay at Thayer. To our minds it seems that Thayer in itself is a nucleus of Democracy. To do things not because we are commanded to, but because we want to do them of our own free will -- this is the feeling with which our headmaster and faculty have inspired us. Under their able direction we have undertaken and accomplished such pleasant tasks as our concert, our play, and our special assemblies. ln our classrooms we have acquired not only knowledge but also such attributes as co-operation, concentration, and initiative. For this aid and inspiration we are deeply grateful. Betsey Moreton